B2-Unit21.pptVIP

Word Association Work in pairs and fill in the blanks with the opposites. Basic emotions Advanced emotions Understanding examples Work in your group to discuss: Understanding examples 1. How are the examples in paragraph 1 different from the ones used in other paragraphs 2. Which idea of empathy is supported by many of the examples 3. Which one is the longest Understanding examples 4. Which one is the strangest 5. Which one do you think best illustrates the idea of empathy Critical thinking Work in five groups and each group has a question to discuss. Your tasks are: Page. 19 G1 Question 5 G2 Question 4 G3 Question 3 G4 Question 2 G5 Question 1 Critical thinking 1. Do you think the passage successfully presents the idea of empathy? Why / Why not? Critical thinking 2. Why do you think children grow out of motor mimicry? Critical thinking 3. Do you think it is possible, or useful, for adults to be empathic? Critical thinking 4. How important is parental discipline in helping children to grow up? Critical thinking 5. The passage is an extract from a best-selling book called Emotional Intelligence. How closely do you think emotions and intelligence are connected Destination Substitution Read the summary with your group members and replace the underlined words or expressions with words or exspressions from the text. Summary work Empathy, once known as motor mimicry, originates from physical imitatiion of others’distress, which then arouses the same feelings in oneself. Children seem to feel other children’s pain and discomfort from the day they are born--much earlier than they realize they exist as individuals. By one year old, they start to learn the misery is someone else’s but still seem confused about what to do. At around two and a half years, children may grow out of motor mimicry when they are able to differentiate their own feelings from others’ feelings, so they are able to use other means to comfort others. At the same time, their